Dr. Becky Kennedy

Versus if he says nothing and someone would be like, LeBron, are you just going to let that eight-year-old get away? That no one would say that. They'd be like, thank you for being an adult and just letting that moment pass. And I think in some ways we all need to like channel. our inner LeBron and recognize it as a sign of leadership, not as letting someone get away with something.

I think there's so many different things you're saying. First of all, is just how much is fun or joy of value in our family? Jumping on the couch is fun. Playing games and playing hide and seek or these silly things that kids do or how much do we just value joy and fun?

I think there's so many different things you're saying. First of all, is just how much is fun or joy of value in our family? Jumping on the couch is fun. Playing games and playing hide and seek or these silly things that kids do or how much do we just value joy and fun?

I think there's so many different things you're saying. First of all, is just how much is fun or joy of value in our family? Jumping on the couch is fun. Playing games and playing hide and seek or these silly things that kids do or how much do we just value joy and fun?

And is what my kid doing from a place of joy and fun or is it from a place of making a bad decision or really, again, you're probably not letting your kid draw a Sharpie all over the wall if they want to have fun there. Grandparents are going to call that being easy on a kid. And another framework is joy and fun and cultivating our family home to feel that way is actually a value of ours.

And is what my kid doing from a place of joy and fun or is it from a place of making a bad decision or really, again, you're probably not letting your kid draw a Sharpie all over the wall if they want to have fun there. Grandparents are going to call that being easy on a kid. And another framework is joy and fun and cultivating our family home to feel that way is actually a value of ours.

And is what my kid doing from a place of joy and fun or is it from a place of making a bad decision or really, again, you're probably not letting your kid draw a Sharpie all over the wall if they want to have fun there. Grandparents are going to call that being easy on a kid. And another framework is joy and fun and cultivating our family home to feel that way is actually a value of ours.

And when we can allow it, we do.

And when we can allow it, we do.

And when we can allow it, we do.

So I think that's one. I think another thing is something I think we all need to just pay attention to, because again, it relates to generations and what's harder and harder is, I can tell you for my kids who are now 7, 10, and 13, one of the things I really care about as a skill, I think it's one of the most important life skills, is frustration tolerance.

So I think that's one. I think another thing is something I think we all need to just pay attention to, because again, it relates to generations and what's harder and harder is, I can tell you for my kids who are now 7, 10, and 13, one of the things I really care about as a skill, I think it's one of the most important life skills, is frustration tolerance.

So I think that's one. I think another thing is something I think we all need to just pay attention to, because again, it relates to generations and what's harder and harder is, I can tell you for my kids who are now 7, 10, and 13, one of the things I really care about as a skill, I think it's one of the most important life skills, is frustration tolerance.

Your ability to tolerate frustration, which in the world we live in, is getting to be a rarer and rarer skill because dopamine and quick wins and easy satisfaction is just dime a dozen on our phones or on iPads for kids, etc. And so to me, that's just really important. I think everything that happens in adulthood that really leads to true success, none of it comes from childhood early success.

Your ability to tolerate frustration, which in the world we live in, is getting to be a rarer and rarer skill because dopamine and quick wins and easy satisfaction is just dime a dozen on our phones or on iPads for kids, etc. And so to me, that's just really important. I think everything that happens in adulthood that really leads to true success, none of it comes from childhood early success.

Your ability to tolerate frustration, which in the world we live in, is getting to be a rarer and rarer skill because dopamine and quick wins and easy satisfaction is just dime a dozen on our phones or on iPads for kids, etc. And so to me, that's just really important. I think everything that happens in adulthood that really leads to true success, none of it comes from childhood early success.

It actually comes from childhood success. tolerance of frustration and struggling. That's what makes for gritty, resilient adults is I don't expect to be successful right away. I'm able to tolerate working towards something and not yet having success. Ironically, the longer we're able to tolerate the space between wanting and having or between not knowing and knowing, the more successful we are.

It actually comes from childhood success. tolerance of frustration and struggling. That's what makes for gritty, resilient adults is I don't expect to be successful right away. I'm able to tolerate working towards something and not yet having success. Ironically, the longer we're able to tolerate the space between wanting and having or between not knowing and knowing, the more successful we are.

It actually comes from childhood success. tolerance of frustration and struggling. That's what makes for gritty, resilient adults is I don't expect to be successful right away. I'm able to tolerate working towards something and not yet having success. Ironically, the longer we're able to tolerate the space between wanting and having or between not knowing and knowing, the more successful we are.

And so the only thing I think that relates to is, okay, I let my kids jump on the couch too. My couch looks like shit, to be honest. And again, I'm like, when my kids are out of the house, we'll figure that out. It's not a value. But again, if I think, is that one sign that my kids struggle to hear no and respect it and tolerate frustration?